Principal of Freese & Associates, Inc. and Director of Strategic Development for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP)

Mr. Freese is the Principal of Freese & Associates, Inc. and Director of Strategic Development for the
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) where he heads up the onsite
education program.

He is well recognized as an expert in supply chain management and logistics. He has had extensive
experience in the area of warehousing and distribution having managed a network of 18 facilities in
North America as well as having consulted on numerous warehouse design and operations projects
throughout the world.

He has written numerous articles and delivered over 250 professional presentations to groups in
Brazil, China, Dubai, Europe, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Russia, and the United States. He is a
frequent speaker at CSCMP, WERC, APICS, NAPM, ProMat, NCOF, eye-for-transport, the PARCEL
Forum, the Coppead UFRJ International Forum & Expo Logistica, CAWS (China Association of
Warehouse & Storage) and other conferences. He is a frequent guest lecture at a number of
universities, a former faculty member of the American Warehousing Association basic supervisory
course, a member of the University of Wisconsin’s Advisory Committee on Warehousing, and the
Greater Cleveland Hospital Association Committee on Warehousing.

Tom is an active member in the Association of Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy (ATLLP),
Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), International Customer Service
Association (ICSA), and Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC) and the Board of
International Advisor of The Supply Chain & Logistics Group (SCLG) of Middle East. He has served
on the Governing Board of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), the
Executive Committee of the Warehousing Education and Research Council (WERC), and heads up
the CSCMP onsite education program.

He has served as a member of the editorial review board of the International Journal of Physical
Distribution and Logistics Management, and currently serves on the editorial review board of the
Journal of Business Logistic.

Education
M.B.A., with a depth of field in Business Logistics, The Ohio State University
B.S.B.A., with a major in Marketing, The Ohio State University